Erielle Reshef's journey from Israeli TV to MS NOW

New House bill would allow synagogues to use security grants to hire full-time security guards

Over a year after the deadly firebombing attack targeting an Israeli hostage awareness march in Boulder, Colo., Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), who represents the city, and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced legislation to modify Nonprofit Security Grant Program conditions to allow grantees to use funding for staffing costs. Currently, synagogues and other NSGP recipients are... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed met with Temple Israel rabbis in closed-door sit-down

In the most significant sign of his efforts to make inroads with skeptical Jewish voters in Michigan’s Senate race, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee, recently met with rabbis at Temple Israel for a closely guarded conversation, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Two rabbis who were said to have participated in the conversation,... <a href="">Read More</a>

House passes Iran, Russia sanctions bill, over objections from leading Democrats

Despite objections from leading Democrats, the House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill to sanction Russia and extend existing sanctions on Iran, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who spent his final months negotiating the legislation. The bill now heads to the White House to be signed into law. It includes a five-year... <a href="">Read More</a>

Suozzi, Knott, Jewish groups rally for Right to Worship Act

Reps. Brad Knott (R-NC) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) rallied outside the Capitol on Wednesday alongside more than two dozen representatives of religious community organizations in support of the Right to Worship Act, their federal bill establishing buffer zones outside of religious institutions to protect them from disruptions. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who has been... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/about/">Read More</a>

Senators urge administration to declassify information on Saudi nuclear deal

A bipartisan group of senators wrote to Trump administration officials on Wednesday urging them to declassify two side letters related to the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal —&nbsp;written agreements related to the deal that are not part of the text of the deal itself. Congress is currently reviewing the agreement, as mandated by law. The group notably... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/university-of-washington-cancels-hasan-piker-appearance/gubernatorial-candidate-francesca-hong-holds-a-campaign-rally-in-milwaukee/">Read More</a>